Languages in the world
Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) at 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Peterhouse Theatre, Peterhouse, Cambridge, CB2 1RD
About this event In 2026, Cambridge launches a new annual, in-conversation lecture series, ‘Languages in the World’, hosted by the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics and the Centre for Geopolitics, where alumni of the University discuss the importance of their Modern Languages degrees in their subsequent careers. It is well-known that the UK is currently experiencing a crisis in Modern Languages learning, yet research shows that ‘language proficiency is not simply a communicative skill; it is a strategic enabler’ (Ciuffetelli 2025). Our series aims to showcase the social, political, cultural, and economic importance of languages in our uncertain world for an audience of school children, current students and staff, and Cambridge alumni. Following this event, we kindly
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